Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/15

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Subject: Re: Leica-Users List Digest V1 #687
From: Chris Bitmead <ChrisB@ThePla.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 22:19:31 +1000

>The meter is vastly better in every Leica R from R3 to R8. I've used
>them professionally for over 10 years. The only thing missing in them
>is the Nikon F5's meter and autofocus and motor drive.

What else is there inside an SLR besides a metering system, a focusing
system and a film advance system?? How many F5s would Nikon sell if
they had decided to include a 5 segment meter, no AF, no standard
motor drive, but an optional MD slower than the F4?